Some modern 44-40 manufactured rifles use .429 bores BUT the twist rate may be different for the 44-40 and 44 Magnum.
Liked On: 16-09-2021, 06:28 AM
Can l just say Thanks to everyone sharing their knowledge & interesting tales ,l have looked forward to sitting down reading this post each night before bed. This Forum is full of knowledgeable &...
Liked On: 15-09-2021, 11:50 AM
We had 3 people ask us to put that last scope aside this weekend. The last person we told we'd get in touch if it was still available. It was simply a case of mistaken identity on the first two when...
Liked On: 15-09-2021, 11:48 AM
One step closer to reloading for my 7.7mm Rimmed Creedmoor..... :D Scored some powder and some 180gr Sierra Pro Hunter projectiles..... 178599
Liked On: 14-09-2021, 05:55 PM
For a second there I thought I was seeing my own rifle but with a different scope, I have been down this path for a few years now and settled on 240 gr XTP over AP70 in 44 special cases for the...
Liked On: 14-09-2021, 05:55 PM
Yes it is!....absolutely bloody sacrilege. Theres some rifles that this question should never even be asked and a Savage 99 is one of them.
Liked On: 13-09-2021, 09:18 PM
Very few where I live now. A few of the neighbors all do their bit, and the market gardener, orchards, and lavender farm no longer need to net crops to protect them from rabbits (or Pukeko). The...
Liked On: 13-09-2021, 03:01 PM
Always disappointing to conclude your zero was off, but even more disappointing to conclude it wasn't. :)
Liked On: 13-09-2021, 09:53 AM
I said yrs ago and now,there will be never be enough 22 ammo in NZ to shoot all the rabbits.A old rabbiter down at Holden Station told me one pair of rabbits will multiply to about 300 rabbits a...
Liked On: 13-09-2021, 09:32 AM
It would help if the long standing government negativity towards industries that can utilise rabbit products was upended to one of support. Same with possums.
Liked On: 13-09-2021, 09:32 AM
What a boring .22 the Favorite is only one shot at a time no fancy scope required for todays rabbits.I took mine out just now fired 3 shots and only got 3 rabbits. 178409
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 06:19 PM
and NOW you will see WHY so many have given it up........when it works its as good as a arrow...when it doesnt,its as bad as an arrow.... sorry to hear you have lost a deer,you did your best to find...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 01:00 PM
A tip for you young 'uns when pig hunting with an SMLE.... Get well out in front of everyone and use the butt plate to make an imitation pig print in the mud; it's makes a nearly perfect print........
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 12:58 PM
mimms2 Brilliant idea. I'd forgotten that the case is out of the die when seating the projectile. So I can loosen it off after putting the factory round in, put the bullet presser thingy in and screw...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 12:42 PM
"7.7mm rimmed Creedmoor" :D My old girl's new name! It shoots Highland 150's into 3" at 100m. I think it will do better because that's with a Weaver 2.5x scope and I'm the weakest link in the chain...
Liked On: 12-09-2021, 12:04 PM